Columbidae
family of birds (Aves)
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Summary
Columbidae is a taxon[1]. Columbidae ranks in the top 0.1% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,108 views/month, #204 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: family[3]
- Parent taxon: Columbiformes[4]
- Taxon name: Columbidae[5]
- Commons category: Columbidae[6]
- Has part(s): Columbidae wing[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Columbidae[8]
- Commons gallery: Columbidae[9]
- Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[16], New International Encyclopedia[17], The New Student's Reference Work[18]
- Topic has template: Template:Pigeons[19]
- Has characteristic: oviparity[20], crop milk[21]
- This taxon is source of: pigeon meat[22]
- Taxon common name: Abuburo[23], Palomba[24], holubovití[25], Colomen[26], Duer[27], Tauben[28], Περιστέρια[29], pigeons and doves[30], Kolombedoj[31], Paloma[32], Tuvilased[33], Kyyhkyt[34], Pigeon[35], Düüwen[36]
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Identifiers
Columbidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8930[37]. Columbidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7978[38]. Columbidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5233[39]. Columbidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177061[40].
Why It Matters
Columbidae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Columbidae is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]